Sinister: Fw: 16 candles is crap/tribute to mick cooke/etc

[rebelstrange at xxx.Miller]

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From: RebelStrange <rebelstrange at xxx.net>
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Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 2:31 PM
Subject: 16 candles is crap/tribute to mick cooke/etc


>ahem....
>first of all.let me be the first to say that soap operas interest me not in
>the least, and the same with snogging lunky boys in whatever capacity.
boys
>are icky, let it be said.  nothing personal, but this ahren fellow sounds
>like a bowl of grease.  blech.   the only boy in my heart is Stuart
murdoch,
>aye right.
>
>ironically as the gen-x topic was coming on, someone mentioned those
abysmal
>16 Candle's 1980's teenage films, all of which starred andrew mccarthy and
>molly ringwald, and all of which i ignored with the utmost conviction in my
>time, regardless of the begging of my peers to join in the whimsical fun.
I
>think i am the only person of the ages 20-30 who was not enamored of those
>films, or at least i appear to be, every  corner i turn someone is blithely
>singing the praises of Pretty in Pink.  let me be the first to say, all
>those films were relentlessly crap, farcical, and cruel.  they present us
>with the lie that once you reach the age of 16, your life will be filled
>with crazy hijinx, necking, boyfriends, proposals, dances, and teenage kix.
>that never happened to me.  i was sitting alone in my room playing suede
>records over and over again, and fretting about why i was so attracted to
>Polly Harvey, and eavesdroppping on my younger sister's phone calls in
which
>she accused me of being a lesbian(natch!).  I would say that is nothing
like
>the vision of utopia(sic) the movies promised us.  Call me bitter and
>wizened, yes i am an old maid at 21.  throw your stones now, please.
>I LOVE that dream about the b/s concert.  if anyone else has any fabulous
>belle dreams, i'd be happy to make a collection of them because they are so
>fascinating.
>
>announcement: the dulcet, yet bold, tones of mr. Mick Cooke have as of
>yesterday persuaded me to pick up my trumpet once again.  i was playing
that
>fanfare from dog on wheels, over and over again....i played for 8 years in
>school but i'mve been lazy about it the last couple years.  it feels good i
>must say.  i recommend everyone should learn a wind instrument, it teaches
>you breath control that can be almost meditative, you can release the
energy
>of your prana and what not, and i think it also makes you better at
singing.
>I forgot how much i loved playing it.  thank you Mick cooke.   it's funny
>when people who dont' play brass try to play one, like stuart blowing on
>that trumpet hehe, it always sounds like this:
>"BblllllEEAAAGHHHHGHGHGBBAAAGHGHGHHHHH!!!!"   that  is because brass
players
>have trained athletic lips that can do superhuman things and withstand
>coal-forming pressure.  (not to mention the divine tongue flutter move!!!)
>thats why i encourage any so-inclined lassie who might happen to look like
>isobel, that your chance with me would be well spent and worthy.  actually,
>i'm lying, you  wouldn't have to look like Isobel, it would just be a good
>way to get your foot in the door so to speak.  oh dear, i fear i may have
>used up today's smut content there.  "You won't be happy with me, but give
>me one more chance, you won't be happy anyway."    my favorite line.
>
>I also  learned "Losing It" on guitar last night, tho i think the octave
>might need a bit of moving for me to sing it properly. not that i would
>recommend listening to me sing, though jess said that my voice was nice.
>(we sang an awful lot of Merritt-tunes together on our DC trip, not to
>mention "you're on top of the WOrld a GAIANN!!")
>
>My new zine issue is gonna be out today, and it will have the requisite b/s
>content, such as a feature on my Pop star crush Isobel, but the mega
>belle-content is saved for the winter issue, a whole feature on the DC trip
>and its mythology and significance to the reconstruction of the disbanded
>soviet union and the problems of nascent capitalism and uh, stuff.
>wouldn't you know it, two days in a row, both BOTH copy shops in town had
>broken machines and couldn't do my copies!! i think they were conspiring
>against the subversive and titillating content i intend to foist upon an
>unwilling populace!!!
>
>uh i had more stuff to say but i forgot, duh-HEE!!!  me so silly.
>i'm wearing myklunky shoes today. they go well with a study at stow shirt,
>and some nice powder blue flares, and a long brown suede jacket.
>
>lesley Jo
>"there was no reason to exist
>if you weren't on the mailing list"
>(!)=)
>

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